Bread package



Marh 15, 1932. HQJ. TAYLOR BREAD PACKAGE oi-igina; Filed June 24, 1931;

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Atnrngys Patented Mar. 15, 1932 PATENT OFFICE HARRY J. TAYLOR, or NEW Yonx, N. Y.v

:BREAD :PACKAGE Original application iled June 24, 1931, Serial No. 546,621, no w Patent No. 1,818,923. Divided and this application led August 8, 1931. Serial No. 555,897.

l'.lvhis invention relates toimprovements in packaged articles and more particularlylto bakers products as wrapped for distribution.

It is a desirable thing in connection with such products 'to impress on the minds of purchasers, other articlesproduced by the'same manufacturers, this being usually accomplished by printing advertisingl matter directly on the wrapper, or by inserting a loose lo separate sheet in the package bearing an announcement of the allied goods.

It is quite usual, however', that such wrappers and loose enclosures are removed and thrown away when the goods are to be used,

with little or no attention being given the subject matter displayed; hence their advertising value is practically negligible. My eX- perience has shown that the advertising value of advertising matter distributed to purchasers of bakers products is greatly enhanced as compared with the methods above mentioned if it is applied to a band or strip aiiixed to the wrapper in such a way thatit is not easily detached and consequently overlooked by the person handling or unwrapping the product, and at the same time a contrast is established, either through coloring or otherwise, between the printed matter on the wrapper and the printed matter and other attention-arresting indicia on the band or strip.

In order to comply with the requirements of the trade. it is essential that this band shall be applied to the product and aiiiXed to the wrapper without interfering with the sealing of the wrapper. and for economic reasons the production of the improved package must be effected with a minimum of additional manipulation and labor.

After extensive experimentation I have developed an improved package wherein a band bearing any suitable advertising legend is so associated with the usual wrapper, either inside or outside thereof, as to encircle the loaf or other article, and is securely aixed to the wrapper and contributes to the sealing of the finished package.

This improved package has the further advantage that it may be formed by the use of any of the more commonly used bread wrapping machines and without introducing an additional mechanical operation.

For a more detailed description of the invention, reference is made to the appended drawings, in which:

Fig.- 1 is a perspectiveview of a conventional bread loaf as enclosed in a wrapper,

and a band displayed thereover.

Fig. 2 is lan enlarged cross sectional view Ef tie same taken through the wrapper and an Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 1, but showing the band disposed under the wrapper.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view of the same.

In the several figures, a conventional loaf of bread is designated by the numeral 10,

'completely enclosed in a wrapper 11.

The wrapper is ordinarily `made of strong white paper, e. g. 22# wrapping stock, impregnated with a wax, such as parain, colorless, odorless, moisture, oil and dirt proof, rendering the paper translucent, and due to the Wax, easily adherent upon the application of moderate heat and pressure.

Such Wrappers are customarily applied in a machine' designed specically for this purpose and not a part of the invention. Such a machine with the necessary additional means for supplying band material in the wrapping operation is shown in my copending application Serial No. 546,621, filed June 24, 1931,'now Patent 1,818,923, of whichthis is a division. The machine cargiwa suitable heating means, foryexaiple, an electrically heated plate,-wlich at the end of the wrapping operation is caused to press against the overlapped edges of the wrapper so as to produce softening of the wax coating and thus effect sealing. According to my invention a relatively narrow band 12 carrying suitable advertising matter is applied around the loaf simultaneously with the application of the wrapper so that; irrespective of whether the band is disposed inside or outside of the wrapper, the ends of the band will be in overlapped relation as respects one another and in interleaved relation with the adjacent overlapped edge portionsof the wrapper.

The Width of the band may be varied over ico a considerable range as desired, but in order to establish a greater contrast between the advertising matter on the band and the printed matter on the wrapper and thus obtain more advertising value from the band,

it is preferable that it shall be relatively nar- .row as compared with the width or length l strength per unito sectional area, is ap paper being fed and manipulated'shall have proximately-'twenty-ve to forty per cent greater than that of the wrapper. In general, the strength of the band per unit of sectional area should be increased with decrease in width and the band should not ordinarily be less than one inch wide.

When proper precautions are taken, the

vband doesnot'interfere in any way with the sealin of the wrapper but, on the contrary,

contri utes its part in producing a'perfec sealed package. The banding material is waxed or paraliined in a similar way`as the wrapper, and, consequently, when it is fed through the machine with the wrapper to the wrapping station, severed from the strip and caused in the wrapping operation to encircle lthe loaf, its ends are overlapped and brought into interleaved relation with the overlapped portions of the wrapper -as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4. In this way the overlapped ends of the band are` subjected to the same heating influences as are `the overlapped edges of the wrapper at the roper stage in the operation, and the sealing of the band takesfplace simultaneously with the sealing of the wrapper. `Because of the interleaved relation above mentioned,

the band is alixed to the wrapper and isv prevented from becoming displaced. The waxing of the band material not onlyr makes for simultaneous sealing of the band and the wrapper in an integral seal and afiixing of the band to the wrapper, but also imparts a certain stiffness to the band material which facilitates its manipulation during the wrapping and banding operation. AIn some cases,

. as for example when the packaging is being .effected with a wrapping machine that has become somewhat worn in service or where the mechanical operations require that the a certain stiffness, it is desirable to impregnate the banding material with a greater quantity of wax per unit of surface than is either within or upon the wrapper and that no extra mechanism, other than that noted, is required, while the work is entirely automatically performed.

Although the improvements have been described with considerable detail and` with respect to certainparticular forms of the invention, it is not desired to be limited to such details since various changes and modilications may well be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention in its broadest aspect.

While the invention has been described with particular reference to the use of paper as the wrapping and banding materials, it will be understood that a fabric or other materials capable of being impregnated with parailin and manipulated in the manner described may be employed. It is to be further understood that the terms bread and loaf as used in the claims arel to beconstrued as including cake and similar bakers roducts which are wrapped mechanically efore distribution to consumers.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredv to secure by Letters Patent, is: v

1. As an improved article of manufacture the bread package hereindescribed, compris.

in a wrapper of waxed a er envelo in a loaf of bread, a narrow bsnd) of legen -begaring waxed paper encircling said loaf, said wrapper and said band bein so associated that the ends of said band are 1n overlapping relation to one another adjacent'an overlap of said wrapper and in interleaved land integrally sealed relation with the overlapped portions fof the wrapper.

2. As vvan' improved article of manufacture the bread package hereindescribed, comprisinga wrapper of waxed paper enveloping a loaf of bread, a narrow band of legend-bearing waxed paper encircling said loaf and said wrapper, said wrapper and said band being so associated that the ends of said band are in overlapping relation to one another adjacent an overlap of said wrapper and in interleaved and integrally sealed relation with the overlapped portions of the wrapper. c

3. As an improved article of manufacture the bread package hereindescribed, comprisL ing a wrapper of waxed paper enveloping a loaf of bread, a narrow band of legend-bearing waxed paper encircling said loaf and having a tensile strength iper unit of width from 25 to 45% greater than said wrapper and carrying at least 30% more parain per iin l August, 1931. RY J TAYLOR -ses 

